SRM University - [SRM]

About College

Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University is a privately owned deemed university that was established as the SRM Engineering College in 1985. Under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 SRM University got the status of deemed university in 2006. In 2013 it was accredited as A Grade university by NAAC.
SRM University, Kattankulathur is the main campus located in SRM Nagar, Kancheepuram District, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 250 acres. The university has about 38, 000 students and 2, 600 faculties in its 7 campuses: Ramapuram, Vadapalani, Tiruchchirappalli, Delhi NCR, Sonepat, and Gangtok.

Departments of SRM University:

• Engineering
• Management
• Medicine and Health sciences
• Science
• Humanities.

Research:

• Academic Research
• Funded Research
• The University has many research centers such as
• Centre for Environmental Nuclear Research (CENR)
• Nanotechnology Research Center
• SRM/STRATUS Centre for Medical Simulation
• An Interdisciplinary School of Indian System of Medicine (ISISM).

Facilities:

• Central library has 1, 79, 212 volumes of books, 63, 577 titles, 950 handbooks, 125 encyclopedias, 543 national and 231 international subscribed periodicals, etc. 
• Air-contioned auditorium with 4, 000 seating capacity
• 5, 000 computer systems
• Dedicated leased line with 32 MBPS
• Smart classrooms
• Language lab
• Transportation facility with 40 buses
• 15 canteens
• General hospital to accommodate 1, 200 patients
• Separate hostel facility for boys and girls.

Extracurricular Activities:

• Webarch Club: For several cultural & technical fests.
• Arts and Culture Club: Cultural events organized to boost creative youth.
• Annsh: A school for children of construction workers & school dropouts.
• Butterflies project: Poor & needy children from 25 govt. and private schools near to SRM University are invited on particular days & literary , sports & cultural events are organized to cultivate their flairs.
• NSS and NCC groups also actively participate in social activities.

Festivals:

• Aaruush: The National Level Techfest which is conducted every year.
• Milan: 4-day annual cultural fest.
• Tarana: The SRM Talent Fest.

Scholarships:
(1) Fee waiver of 50% to students with above 95% in CBSE or in State Board examinations.
(2) Founder's Scholarship-full waiver on tuition, books, hostels and mess, plus stipend of Rs.1,000 per month to top state, SRMEEE, JEE and AIEEE rankers, sports persons and socio-economic disdained.
The institution provides scholarships to students on merit as well as need basis. In 2011-12, nearly 1500 students benefited from various schemes with a total of Rs. 12.27 crores distributed as scholarship.

• Merit Scholarship: Fee waiver of 50% to students with above 95% in CBSE or in State Board examinations.
• Founder's Scholarship: Full waiver on books, tuition, hostels & mess, plus stipend of Rs.1, 000 per month to top state, JEE, SRMEEE & AIEEE rankers, sports persons and socio-economic disdained.
• Merit-cum-means Scholarship: 25% to 100% tuition fee waiver is provided to students who are economically challenged based on their performance in the qualifying examination.
• Scholarships for special merits: Scholarship with tuition fee waivered up to 100% is offered to some of the students owning exemplary skills in literary debating, fine arts and others.

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